Friday The 13th – Truly unlucky or Just a giant prank on everyone?

13 Oct

Friday the Thirteenth – The ultimate prank?

Today is Friday the 13th. The day when, if you’re a superstitious little bitch (me), everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Typically not a date associated with pranks, gag gifts, or poking fun this date of remembrance has a bad rap. To an outsider, Friday the 13th is just another day. Heck, it’s probably a good day because Friday’s mean it’s only a few hours until the week. However, an entire culture has been formed around this ominous date. Partly because the number thirteen just happens to be an “unlucky” number. Partly because capatilistic pigs just wanted to cash in on another meaningless date in the hope of emptying our pockets as we search for meaning in the meaningless that is our bleak exis…*ahem*….Friday the 13th is the most famous because of Jason Voorhees .

We here at Dick At Your Door would like to submit another narrative. We believe Friday the 13th is one of the all time greatest long con pranks ever pulled. What’s better than convincing millions of people around the world that a specific date is unlucky? Not too much in our humble opinion. Here’s a look at some of the effects this date, which is essentially just another Friday, has had on American Culture.

Many people consider 13 to be an unlucky number, but fear of the actual digits is known as triskaidekaphobia. Experts have debated whether it counts as a legitimate phobia, or more of a superstition. Fear of the number 13 is rooted in both Christian tradition and Norse Mythology; for example, thirteen guests attended the Last Supper and the last to arrive was Judas, who betrayed Jesus; Jesus was crucified the next day, on Good Friday.

Apollo 13 was the only lunar mission that was not completed. A mini stock crash on Friday, Oct. 13, 1989, saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop 7 percent that day.

Cheap for flights and weddings?

According to the Austin American-Statesman, there’s no evidence bad things are more likely to happen on Friday the 13th, but since some people may avoid such dates it drives the cost down for things like getting married and booking flights.

The list goes on, but in all honesty, my coffee is gone. It’s Friday afternoon, after all.

Is this date unlucky or is it just some crazy anarchists ruse to take money out of the pocket of American corporations? You be the judge….I’ll be in the deep state researching more conspiracies.

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